Nature's Harmony Farm

Nature's Harmony Farm
Company typeLimited liability company
IndustryCheesemaking
Founded2008
FounderTim and Liz Young
Headquarters1984 Bakers Ferry Rd,
Elberton, Georgia
,
United States
ProductsArtisanal cheese
Websitenaturesharmonyfarm.com

Nature's Harmony Farm LLC is an artisanal cheese operation located in Elberton, Georgia.

It is a privately owned Limited Liability Company that has been featured in The New York Times,[1] CNN,[2] Garden & Gun Magazine [3] and other publications.

Nature's Harmony Farm was founded in 2008.[4] The farm is owned and operated by Tim and Liz Young.[1][5][6][7]

The farm originally produced pastured raised poultry, eggs, and meats, but ceased producing commercial production of all of these items in 2011.[8] The focus of the farm became dairy operations with Jersey cows in 2010, at which point the farm began producing farmstead cheese. This became the primary focus of the farming enterprise in 2012.[citation needed]

Co-founder Tim Young wrote a book titled The Accidental Farmers[9] which describes the founding of this farm business.[8]

Today, Nature's Harmony Farm produces several varieties of handmade artisan cheese that have won national and international awards,[10][11][12] and a Good Food Award.[13] In 2015 Nature's Harmony won third award at the United States Cheese Championship.[14]

Nature's Harmony Farm launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in 2013.[15]

  1. ^ a b Muhlke, Christine (June 2, 2009). "American Pastoral". Nytimes.com.
  2. ^ Little, Wes (August 5, 2009). "Growing local-farm movement expanding to meat". CNN.com.
  3. ^ "Third Annual Made in the South Awards. Winner: Food Category". Gardenandgun.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia Secretary of State Division Records".
  5. ^ Wright, Marcella. "Cheese Profile: Nature's Harmony Cheeses". cheesesociety.org. American Cheese Society. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Nature's Harmony Farm". localharvest.org. LocalHarvest, Inc. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. ^ Gumbrecht, Jamie. "Elberton's heritage turkey farm". AJC.com. Cox Media Group. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b About.com review of "The Accidental Farmers."
  9. ^ Young, Tim. The Accidental Farmers: An urban couple, a rural calling and a dream of farming in harmony with nature. Amazon. ISBN 0983271704. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  10. ^ Taylor, Heather (March 18, 2014). "Elberton cheese maker wins 2014 Flavor of Georgia". Archived from the original on July 26, 2014.
  11. ^ "World Jersey Cheese Awards".
  12. ^ "2012 ACS Judging & Competition Results".
  13. ^ "Good Food Awards".
  14. ^ "Contest Results 2015". United States Championship Cheese Contest. Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Cheese Cave Expansion & New Gourmet Cheese Shop". Kickstarter.com.